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A PROCLAMATION For Quieting POSSESSIONS.  
CHARLES R. 
 CHARLES, By the Grace of God, of England, Scotland, France, and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith, &c. To all Our loving Subjects of Our Realm of England, and Dominion of Wales, Greeting.  
We taking notice by the Information of the Lords and Commons now assembled in Parliament, That several Riots have been committed, and forcible Entries made upon the Possessions of divers of Our Subjects, as well Ecclesiastical as Temporal, who have been settled in the said Possessions by any lawful or pretended Authority, and that without any Order of Parliament or Legal Eviction, to the disturbance of the public Peace, whilst these Matters are under the consideration of Our Parliament. We therefore, by the advice of Our Lords and Commons aforesaid, for prevention of the like Riots and forcible Entries, and preservation of the public Peace of this Our Realm, Do by this Our Proclamation, command, publish, and declare, That no Person or Persons, Ecclesiastical or Temporal, shall presume forcibly to enter upon, or disturb the said Possessions, or any of them, till Our Parliament shall take order therein, or an Eviction be had by due course of Law. And all Our Justices of the Peace, Majors, Sheriffs, and other Ministers of Justice, and all other Our loving Subjects, are hereby required to be aiding and assisting in the Execution of this Our Proclamation, as often as occasion shall require, as they will avoid Our Royal displeasure.  
Given at Our Court at Whitehal the First day of June, 1660. and in the Twelfth Year of Our Reign.   

London, Printed by Christopher Barker and John Bill, Printers to the Kings most Excellent Majesty. 1660.